From the March 1954 issue of Silhouette magazine, a promotional booklet for Hollands Dry Cleaners, warning tips to the little woman on how to properly treat his neckties.
Category: Modern Woman Mondays
Modern Woman Mondays: Office Girls At Christmas
Christmas tree in Sydney’s 2UW radio station, Christmas Eve, 1937.
Modern Woman Monday: What Little Girls Want For Christmas In The 50s
From the Aldens Fall and Winter catalog (1957-58), “Girls’ Jr. Homemaking Toys — Let her learn to do things all by herself.”
The Marx Toys three piece kitchen set, stove, sink and refrigerator, $4.99. The Jr. Coca-Cola Dispenser, $2.79.
Modern Woman Mondays: 52 Pick-Up For Realz
In that 1940s Hint Hunt tips booklet, the “easy and inexpensive trick for reducing” literally is playing a game of 52 pick-up — complete with graphic.
The Modern Woman Wears Many Hats
Time, July 28, 1947.
Modern Woman Mondays: Labor Day Edition
We’ve come a long way, baby, trading in that typewriter for a personal computer, going from skirts to slacks… Of course we’ve also lost the freedom to smoke and fill-out our sweaters. Fair trade? Meh.
Modern Woman Mondays: “One of the first things a secretary learns is to keep her feet off the desk.”
This week’s Modern Woman Monday is another gem from the February, 1961 issue of Magic Circle; this time not only helping we womenfolk understand proper workplace etiquette, but assisting with the naughty secretary myth. What a lovely pair.
Office procedure is sure to be disrupted if the boss permits such goings-on as this around his place of business. One of the first things a secretary learns is to keep her feet off the desk. The cutie shown here is Angie Dickinson, who isn’t likely to get fired.